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V. E. SISSON.

BND CONSTRUCTION PoR RAILWAY GARS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.12, 1912.

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UNITED ESTATES reruns? carton.

VIN'JON E. SISSON, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO WALTER P. MURPHY, OF

CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS'.

END CONSTRUCTION FOR RAILWAY-CARS.

Specification of LettersvPatent.

Patented Sept. 2,1913.

Application filed August 12, 1912. Serial No. 714,701.

. struction of box cars, and its object is to provide an .all-metal end structure for box cars which will be very rigid and strong, so asto stand the shocks and stresses to which the ends of railway cars are. subjected, which furthermore will be simple and inexpensive, consisting of but few parts and which, finally, will be perfectly waterproof.

The invention consists in certain novel arrangements, yconstructions and devices, to

be hereinafter more fully` described and claimed, 'for accomplishing the objects above stated and for, generally speaking, providing an improved all-metal end structure for railway cars.

The invention is illustrated in a )referred embodiment in the accompanying d 'awings, whe'rcin v Figure l is an end elevation of a railway car constructed in accordance with the inv vention; Fig. 2, a detail sectional view on an enlarged scale showing the devices and arrangements employed' at `the upper corners of tlie car; Fig. 3,\a fragmentaryplan view of the end of the car with the roof sheets removed; Figs. 4t and 5, sectional plans taken on lines 4-4 and 55, respectively, of Fig. 1; Fig. G, a vertical, sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 7, a fragmentary sidevelevation of one end of the car; Fig. 8, an end elevation of the upper portion of a box car showing a modified construction; Fig. 9, a plan view of this construction with the roofs sheets removed; Fig. 10, a sectional view taken on line 10---10 of Fig. 8, looking in the direction of the arrows; and Fig. 11, 4a view lin perspective ofvv the 'upper portion of the end sheet.

Like characters of reference designate like parts in the several figures of the drawings. Referring first to Figs. 1 to 7 of the drawings, 10 designates the side walls of the car, l1 the ridge pole, 12'the purlins, 13 the side plates, preferably angle irons, 14.- nailing strips supported on the angle iron side plates 13, 15 the side fascia plates of the car, 16 the end fascia plates, 17 wooden rooting elements and 1S metal roofs sheets which are formed with fianges 19 which extend down -over the side fascia plates 15 and the end `fascia plates 16, respectively. Instead of the usual wood corner posts my improved construction contemplates the use of angle bar end posts 20 which are turned with their angles outward as shown. The end of the car is composed ot' one or more sheets of lar plates 27 secured to upstanding webs of the angle har side plates 13 by means of angular gussets 28. The upstanding webs of the side plates are preferably cutaway to make room for the corner posts 2O and the gussets 28 riveted to the corner posts as well as to the side plates, as is best shown in Fig. 3. The side walls lfterminate within the corner posts as shown in Fig. ll. The lower end sheet is formed at the bottom with.V

the inturned' flange 29 riveted to a plate 30 which rests upon and is secured to the chan nel formed end sill 31. 32l designates side sills consisting of angle bars which' are riv.- eted to the corner posts 2() (Fig. 5). Gussets 33 are provided which are riveted to the side sills 32 and have angular flanges 34 similarly secured to the'end sill 31 and to the corner posts. The structure at this ioint may be further strengthened and rigi( iied by using the angular corner pieces 35 .best shown in Figs. l and ln Figs. 8 to 11, inclusive, I- have shown amodifed construction which is simpler and in some respects preferable to the construction above described. The upper end sheet 36 consists of a rectangular 'sheet `of? metal with the top portions bent on the lines diagonal to the edges of the sheet so that ini' turned flanges 37 are provided at the top type, it will be readily understood that it is of the plate which are roughly triangular in form, being wider at the outer edges of the sheet than at the in iddle. The diagonal lines on which the sheet is bent to form the flanges 37 correspond to the slope of the ear roof. from the ridge to the eaves. In this way an end sheet is madevfroiii a rectangular sheet of metal without the necessityof shearing. rflic flanges 37 support the ridge pole 38 and purlins 39 of the roof structure.

The flanges are secured to the side plates 10A by angle iron gussets all which are also preferably riveted to the corner posts-42. The formation of the end sheet with the triangular flanges 37, in the construction last described, or the provision of the straight flange shown in the other construction with vthe triangular plates 27 constitute an important feature of the invention. rlie di end sheet is flanged as above described the. 4ordinary end plate can be dispensed with.`

1n fact the flanges serve all the purposes of trussed carlins sometimes usedm place of or with the usual end plates.

While 1 have shown the invention as-apL plied'to a box car of a certain particular` not to be considered as limited to all of the specific Aconstructions and 1 arrangements shown and described.

The invention provides a car end which is very strong and durable and which isparticularly capableof withstanding the thrusts of the cargo, occurring when the train is stopped and started, which are so destructive to the wooden 'end structures commonly used. `Furthermore, the structure is per vfectly water-proof'and is so designed that it will remain water-proof even after un-.

dergoing the liardnsage to whichrailway cars under the best of circumstances are inevitably subjected. i

.l claim: y Y 1. na railwaybox car construction, the combination of corner posts, side plates, a sheet metal end having a flange at the top. which is narr'owat the middle of the cari and i tially as described.'

widens toward the sides, a-nd means for securing said flange to the side plates.

2. In a railway boX ear construction, the combination of eornerfposts and. side plates consisting of angle bars, a sheet metal end with a flange at the top which is narrow at the middle of the car and widens toward the sides, the vertically extending edges of said end being secured to the inner faces of said angle bars, and angular giissets securing the top flange to said side plates.

3. ln a railway box car construction, the combination of corner posts and side sills consisting of angle bars, an end sill. a shet metal end formed with an angular flanget t the bottom and having its vertically exten ing edges secured to the inner faces of said angle bar corner posts,l a plate secured to said bottom flange and resting upon and secured tothe end sill, and gusset plates'arranged in the corners of the ear and secured to the end sill andside sills.

4L. In a railway box ear construction, the combination of angle -bar corner .posts disposed .with the-corners outward, side plates, side sills, and end sill, a sheet metalend prov `vided with strengthening ribs and formed atthe top and bottom with angular flanges, means for-securing the top flange. on the end to the side plates ofthe car, and means for securing the bottom flange on the-end to the end sill. y I

5. ln anend structure for railway cars comprising a rectangular sheet metal plate the upper po-rtion of which is bent over' on- A diagonal lines to correspond'to the-slope of a roof from the ridge to the eaves and so as to provide flanges which increase in width toward the sides of the car; substan- 6. The combination with the roof, side and wall structures of ja-railway vboX car, of a metal end 'structure comprising a sheet of metal tlie iipper portions of vwhich 'are bent over on diagonal lines to'correspond with the slope-of the carlroof from the -ridge to the eaves so as to provide a flange for'snup.- porting the roof structure which increases in width from the center of the car towardtlie sides, and meansfor securing said flange4 to the side wall structures ofthe car.

7. 1n a railway boX=car eonstruction,'the combination with the framing'of a car, of,a sheet metal end provided with .any angular. flange at the top which isfnarrow at the middle of the car and widens toward the sides,

and means for securing said flange-to the' framing of the car.

. VNTON E. SISSN.

Witnesses:

L. A. FALKENBERG,

R. C. THonnsoN. 

